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[dzone.com: latest front page] One of the interesting feature that is currently being tested and incorporated in all major browsers is the Geolocation API. Don't get scared with the Sci-fi name, the API is nothing but for identifying the user's location when they .

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[TheAppleBlog] Apple Bringing Geolocation to Mobile Safari: Geolocation is part of the W3 consortium’s web standard, though the specification isn’t finalized yet, and it should see inclusion in the next generation of every major browser, which means web developers should start incorporating it regularly soon enough.

[Seth Weintraub's blog] iPhone's Safari Browser to include Geolocation - Computerworld Blogs: Adsense and other advertising could even use Geolocation to better serve ads. Surely Facebook and Twitter will use this to track users allow users to tell their friends where they are.

[InfoQ Personalized Feed for Fergus Neff] InfoQ: Location-Aware Browsing to become Mainstream?: Privacy concerns ought to make the transition slower: users should avoid using geolocation features in their browser unless they trust it to protect them and they trust websites to make good use of it. Just like any sensitive information people send to web sites (like credit card details), it's up to the location-enabled browsers to make sure that they get full control of their privacy by offering appropriate safeguards.

[GirlieMac! Blog] GirlieMac! Blog | Mobile Safari for iPhone 3 includes Geolocation: Although W3C's document, The Geolocation API Specification is still in draft state and not yet finalized, major browsers are working to support this functionality and as we all expected, Mobile Safari is not an exception.

[Opera Labs Latest News] Find me! Geolocation-enabled Opera build: This Opera build will prompt the user to make sure they agree to send their location, every time a site requests it. Your actual location (and under the right circumstances this build can readily identify your location to an accuracy of a few metres) is extremely sensitive information.

[Mozilla Webdev] Mozilla Webdev » Blog Archive » Geolocation in the Browser: Geolocation API is **developing** draft of a W3C standard and there are serious discussions about proper approach to the privacy aspect. It is open and transparent for everybody and **any browser vendor** can implement it as they see fit.

[Web Browsers News and Reviews] Opera API Geolocation Support: Opera has released the first build with geolocation API support that can be used such as in maps, and web applications. You can download windows build here (not need to install).

[IntoMobile - Cell Phone News, Information, and Analysis] Google Latitude demonstrated on iPhone's Safari browser: As more iPhone developers make use of the iPhone OS 3.0’s geo-location support, we’re going to see some really impressive LBS (location-based services) applications hitting the App Store. We can’t wait!

[éclectrique] éclectrique: Google Releases Geolocation Features for Ajax API, Gears: Google in their blog post on this says the data returned here is more precise than what the Ajax API delivers, as it “can use the cell-ID of nearby .Well, the more useful Gears becomes as a plug-in the more likely it will be pre-installed on systems in the future - which increases the control Google has over the browser environment, which in turn enables them to more quickly launch .

[Veerasundar] Coming up in HTML 5 - Geolocation API Support in browsers ...: To enable this, W3C’s Geolocation specification defines an API for scripted access to location information associated with the hosting device, such as mobile or laptop. Geolocation API provides the Geolocation interface with a function getCurrentPosition() which will return the langitude and lattitude information to the function caller (the website).

[DougT's Blog] Geolocation in Firefox 3.5 and Fennec « DougT's Blog: from mozilla which seeks to push innovation on the web, to Google for offering a great service and privacy policy, to skyhook who worked on the Mozilla Labs project, to the many people that helped on the specification, to the mozilla hackers that provided input on the privacy and implementation. if you are in this list, this feature is proof of your help and hard work!

[PhilFreo.com] Notes from Google I/O Keynote 2009, day 1 | Phil Freo - Website ...: Demo: develop an Ajax app in Eclipse (with Google plugin) in Java on both serverside (app engine) and client side (GWT) extremely quickly.  Just hit deploy (no FTP) in Eclipse.

[Opera Core Concerns] Opera Core Concerns - Geolocation-enabled build: The W3C Geolocation API is likely to become a widely adopted standard, and Opera is providing this early implementation of the API to let developers and users start experimenting with it. We would be very grateful for feedback from both developers and users, on the API itself and on what functionality and level of privacy control you would like to see exposed in the user interface.

[techcrunch] techcrunch » Archive du blog » Live From Google I/O 2009: Cell ID and WiFi clear up the difficult of getting the passage. Again all the browsers but IE endorse this straightaway away.

[The iPhone Blog] iPhone 3.0: Safari Geo-Location Not Just for Google's Latitude ...: This computerworld article linked by MacRumors suggests domain-by-domain restrictions, though of course the screen shots could be faked.

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